Liwen Guo is currently a Research Associate in economics at the University of New South Wales and a Sessional Lecturer and Research Assistant in business at Western Sydney University. Liwen undertook her doctoral studies in economics at the University of New South Wales, focusing on poverty, resilience and labor market choices in China. She is a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and has been a member of the 2021-22 GLO VirtYS Cohort.